[Spotlight] Romance & Love scenes

It’s a question I often get so let’s address everyone’s favourite topic: romance!

As a writer, I tend to include it as a secondary element that completes the plot; it’s rarely my focus. Thus at first I was a little hesitant to use common visual novel labels for Chronotopia as the whole genre relies heavily on the exploration of romantic relationships. But in the end it’s still an integral part of the story as Kionna will indeed be able to pursue in a fairly traditional way three different love interests: her childhood friend Nahima (GirlxGirl), the mysterious Fairy (GirlxGirl) and the « true Prince »  whose identity has not been revealed (GirlxBoy).

I can't say much about the true Prince but rest assured he's a complete cinnamon roll~

I can’t say much about the true Prince but rest assured he’s a complete cinnamon roll~

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[Spotlight] Donkeyskin & forgotten fairytales

Welcome to the world of fairytales!

Wanna know what Chronotopia: Second Skin is about? This series of posts is for you! Throughout the following months I’m going to spotlight various elements of interest, be it characters, locations or lore, to give you a glimpse of what to expect in our game. Let’s start with the obvious focus: fairytales~

Our promotional art, by the talented Eirlysa Lawrence

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Chronotopia: the comprehensive summary

I must say that I had not really planned to post on the devblog again any time soon! Given that the development of Chronotopia: Second Skin monopolizes all of my free time, silence ended up settling. I could have certainly given news more regularly but this is already an exercice I engage in every month, be it on Kickstarter or through the team’s newsletter, and I didn’t want the devblog to merely be a copy-paste of what I already write there.

So, you don't come here any more?

So, you don’t come here any more?

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2018 review & 2019 plans

Happy Holidays everyone! In order to properly bring a close to the year, here’s the traditional look back on Träumendes Mädchen’s activities. After a more than stormy period in 2017, was 2018 more merciful? Find out right away!

NewYear 2018 en

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Visual Novel are dead, long live Visual Novel!

I recently came across an article that claimed that English visual novel had reached a peak since mid 2017 and were now entering a new era, thanks to increasing popularity and developers eager to push the boundaries of the medium. Well, I hate to be that person but as someone who has been in the community long enough to remember its short history, I have to say that this couldn’t possibly be farther from the truth. Let me take you a few years back and I think you’ll understand!

Always Remember Me

Always Remember Me, by Winter Wolves (2011). See, VNs didn’t wait until 2018 to look nice~

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